An Overview of Circumstances Surrounding IVC Filter Use As Lawsuit Numbers Climb

June 13, 2016 – – TheProductLawyers.com reports on the circumstances under which patients might be recommended for IVC (Inferior Vena Cava) filter use. In cases where patients have suffered a serious injury such as those resulting from car accidents, gunshot or stabbing wounds, spinal cord injury or serious falls, doctors may recommend the use of an IVC filter. In these situations, patients typically undergo surgery and face an increased risk of uncontrolled bleeding if placed on anticoagulant drugs. In those cases, alternatives such as IVC filters may be utilized by doctors.

Complications have, however, been associated with the devices according to a communication by the FDA in May 2014. Reports have included device migration, embolization (movement of the entire filter or fractured fragments to the heart or lungs), perforation of the IVC, and difficulty removing the device. Patients have claimed that the devices have broken apart while in use, causing serious side effects.

Following those claims, many patients have filed suits against manufacturers for poor design, manufacturing and failing to warn of risks. Lawsuits against Bard were first filed in 2012 in California and Pennsylvania state courts and were combined into a Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) Panel in the U.S. District Court of Arizona in 2015. Those cases against Cook Medical have been combined to an MDL (number 2570) in the Southern District of Indiana.

Attorneys at Banville Law are currently offering free consultations for those who believe they have been affected by treatment with an IVC filter. Banville Law attorneys have years of experience fighting large pharmaceutical companies in pursuit of justice for victims. Qualifying individuals may be entitled to significant legal action and substantial financial compensation.

For more information on IVC filters, to ask questions or to schedule a consultation, contact an attorney at Banville Law at any time by calling (888)-997-3792.

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